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The Dodos, 'Good' -- Video of the Day

  • Posted on Feb 22nd 2012 6:00PM by Sam Einhorn
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Highlight: 'Good' is the third single from 'No Color,' the third release from the California indie-folk duo the Dodos. The track is a celebration of everything that makes the band exciting: pulsating percussion, out-of-the-box guitar progressions and soulful indie crooning from vocalist Meric Long.

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Gorillaz 'DoYaThing': Andre 3000 and James Murphy Team With Cartoon Band for Converse

  • Posted on Feb 22nd 2012 5:00PM by Kenneth Partridge
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In the 2000s, no one did more to get uptight indie dudes dancing than Gorillaz, Outkast and LCD Soundsystem. So when news broke earlier this month that Andre 3000 and James Murphy would record a song with Damon Albarn's cartoon band, it seemed promising, even if it was meant to promote a new line of Chuck Taylors designed by Gorillaz co-creator Jaime Hewlett.

The song, 'DoYaThing,' will be available for download tomorrow (Feb. 23) on the Converse website, but a radio rip is up now at ListenBeforeYouBuy.net. The verdict: It's not quite 'Hey Ya,' 'Losing My Edge' or 'Feel Good, Inc.,' but the tune does all involved parties proud.

"I'm a pale imitator of a boy in the sky, with a cap on his head and a knot in his tie," Albarn sings at the start, nasal as ever atop a brisk electro-pop beat.

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James Blake Plots More Bon Iver Collaborations, 'Aggressive' New Album

  • Posted on Feb 22nd 2012 3:00PM by Theo Bark
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Dubstep-inspired singer-songwriter James Blake recently took time off to "hibernate" and collect his thoughts for the first time since his cover of Feist's 'Limit to Your Love' propelled him to stardom in early 2011, earning the young artist a Mercury Prize nomination and a relentless tour schedule.

Amidst his accolades and achievements, the soft-spoken, somewhat unwitting face of U.K. dubstep ran afoul of the American media late last year when he criticized the genre's fan base, claiming that "certain producers -- who I can't even be bothered naming -- have definitely hit upon a sort of frat-boy market where there's this macho-ism being reflected in the sounds and the way the music makes you feel."

As Blake prepared to the share the stage with avant-garde legends Philip Glass, Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson at the 22nd Annual Tibet House Benefit at Carnegie Hall, we spoke with him about working with Bon Iver, his "aggressive" new album, and his current feelings about dubstep in the U.S.

So what are you working on these days?

I've been doing lots of things. Mainly just trying to use the time to be relaxed and away from everything that tour brings, which is normally a sort of unrest in your inner soul [laughs]. You're constantly away, and the musical part of you, which is pretty much most of me, really, is only really half being stimulated, if you know what I mean. The ideas are quite hard to come by, which is why you see a lot of acts having real problems after that touring period, adjusting back to life, because when you're on the road, it feels like every idea is convoluted. But then, when you get back from tour, you've got some head space. It's all about head space.

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The Tragically Hip: Rockers Receive Hometown Honour, 'Tragically Hip Way'

  • Posted on Feb 22nd 2012 2:00PM by Jason MacNeil
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The next time you're driving through Kingston, Ontario, keep an eye out for Tragically Hip Way.

According to CTV News, the iconic Canadian rockers have been awarded a block of Barrack Street near the K-Rock Centre Arena in their hometown.

Although Kingston city councilor Brian Reitzel came up with the idea last year, fellow councilor Jim Neill argued against it, saying the band was "deafeningly silent on the whole process." There were also concerns that renaming the street would take away from the Canadian city's rich military history.

But those concerns were apparently no match for hometown pride in the Hip as plans for Tragically Hip Way are underway, as is the creation of a Walk of Fame to honour the longtime rockers and other heroes from the community. The band have already been inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto.

Though leader Gord Downie and co. have yet to comment on Tragically Hip Way, they have been tweeting about band business, hinting at new records or perhaps a summer tour. "This is 'one of those' heads up to get you excited and signing up for the email list – stuff is about to happen..." they wrote Tuesday.

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The Cranberries: '90s Icons Return With 'Roses,' Not Politics (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO)

  • Posted on Feb 22nd 2012 1:00PM by Laura Lanktree
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Two solo albums and nine years later, Dolores O'Riordan is back helming her beloved alt-era band, the Cranberries. Best known for their politically-charged tracks, the Irish-born rockers nearly ruled radio in the '90s with hits like 'Zombie' and 'Linger.' At the time, O'Riordan's mix of confidence and defiance had every teenage girl who wasn't already drenched in Kurt Cobain plaid wanting to chop off her hair and reach for the brown lipstick.

Today she looks relaxed and renewed, tucked comfortably in between the boys -- bandmates Noel Hogan, Mike Hogan, and Fergal Lawler -- at the Toronto studio where their comeback album 'Roses' was recorded, poised to discuss their long-awaited return in an exclusive interview with Spinner.

"The Cranberries became a box and we had to get out of the box and make it something fun and fresh, which it now has become," says O'Riordan.

Watch the video below to discover what brought the Cranberries back to life, how they feel it's as though someone simply "hit pause," and why O'Riordan's fiery politics no longer occupy a place in their music.

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Chris Brown, CM Punk: WWE Wrestler Threatens Singer Over Rihanna Assault

  • Posted on Feb 22nd 2012 12:00PM by Kenneth Partridge
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If Chris Brown can find himself a partner, he might consider staging a tag-team wrestling match against Miranda Lambert -- the country singer he's been feuding with lately -- and his latest celebrity foe, WWE grappler CM Punk.

CM started the drama with a Twitter post last week. Alluding to Brown's infamous 2009 assault against then-girlfriend Rihanna, an incident that has made him a lightning rod ever since, Punk tweeted that he would like the R&B star to "fight somebody that can defend themselves."

"Me curb stomping that turd would be a #wrestlemania moment," he added.

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Whitney Houston Cause of Death: Autopsy Answers Will Take Time, Doctors Say

  • Posted on Feb 22nd 2012 11:59AM by Kenneth Partridge
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The public likes instant answers. When Whitney Houston died on Feb. 11 at the age of 48, Internet commentators whose medical knowledge derives from the TMZ School of Celebrity Misfortune assumed that drugs had finally done the singer in. According to the TV program 'The Doctors,' however, it will take time to ascertain the true cause of death -- and that's if it can even be determined.

As host Dr. Travis Stork says in the clip below, there are only a handful of things -- brain bleed, blood clot, heart attack, etc. -- that can cause sudden death. He then asks guest Dr. Michael Fishbein, a pathologist at the UCLA Medical Center, to explain the process of an autopsy.

The first step, Dr. Fishbein says, involves studying the deceased's medical history and determining if drug use or disease might have been the culprit. Examiners then look for signs of foul play or injury.

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